“If Rob goes away on a little vacation, a week or two weeks,” returns, “loses 50 to 60 pounds” and stays on the “straight and narrow,” he can win the mayoralty race in 2014, Doug Ford said Friday during a
radio interview on AM640
.

Coun. David Shiner
spoke out for the first time in days, saying the mayor was “depressed” and taking steps to fix his drinking problem.

“I believe he’s, as he said, quite embarrassed. He’s depressed,” said Shiner, who said he has met with the mayor several times over the past few days.

The billboard stated, “We support Rob Ford,” beside the City Hall logo and the word “Toronto” in bold.

The billboard was removed by noon (replaced by a cheese ad) and the city of Toronto investigated the unauthorized use of its logo.

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Sun. Nov. 10

Rob and Doug Ford’s radio show does not air, after the brothers and the station mutually agree to
end it
.

Mon. Nov. 11

A solemn Mayor Rob Ford speaks at the
Remembrance Day
ceremony outside Old City Hall. In his first official appearance since his stunning admission that he had smoked crack cocaine. The mayor's short speech began with a few tense moments, when someone began to boo and another shouted “shame!” But the crowd was in no mood for heckling and they were quickly silenced.

Mayor Rob Ford addresses the Remembrance Day events at Toronto Old City Hall cenotaph.

Deputy Mayor
Norm Kelly
asks members of the media to leave the city’s embattled mayor alone should he decide to seek help.
Listen here.

Tues. Nov. 12

Mayor Rob Ford
sets the stage
for a battle at city hall by designating a motion urging him to take leave as a “key” item on the Nov. 13 council agenda.

More than
1,000 people lined up
— some as early as 5 a.m. — to lay claim to a limited edition Mayor Rob Ford bobblehead.

Several hundred people lined up for hours to buy a bobblehead figurine of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Part of the $20 cost went towards the City of Toronto United Way Employee Campaign.

Wed. Nov. 13

Ford is formally asked by the majority of Toronto city councillors to take a leave of absence. The rebuke came hours after the mayor admitted to buying illegal drugs while in office.

The
symbolic 37-5 vote
concluded an extraordinary debate in which Ford attempted to confront one former ally, struggled to respond to questions from former supporters about his public intoxication and connections to alleged criminal activity, and thumbed his nose at his dismayed colleagues by proposing a mandatory drug test for every member of council.

It was a city council meeting unlike any other. Council members called Rob Ford to task on his behaviour - hoping he might take a leave or resign. He did neither.

A Superior Court judge rules information censored on a police document that detailed an investigation into Mayor Rob Ford, his associates and activities should be released.
Read more.

Thurs. Nov. 14

The Wall St. journal features a photo of Rob Ford on the front page.

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Mayor Rob Ford
threatens to sue former staffers, but it was his reference to allegations of oral sex with a former staff member that sent shockwaves through the city.

In a scrum at city hall, Ford said he didn’t party with a prostitute, he didn’t snort cocaine, he didn’t take OxyContin and he plans on suing former staffers who told police he did.

“I might have had some drinks and driven which is absolutely wrong,” Toronto’s embattled mayor conceded in an impromptu scrum outside his office Thursday morning.

But it was his comments about allegations in court documents released Wednesday that he had claimed to have been intimate with former policy adviser Olivia Gondek that stunned reporters.

“It says I wanted to eat her pussy and I have never said that in my life to her. I would never do that. I’m happily married and I’ve got more than enough to eat at home,” he said before heading up to council.